The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-19

pie OF every locallty are competent
and well disposed to it. This being,
true, it Is important that the state
licking in no essential quail;
ty to aflor protection and ST C y to-
lnd property in every emer-.
g ncy, and pres mt no pretsxt for the
extension Of the area of federal pow
or, which. by express grant, coupled
with an imp 'rative injunction for its
exercise, Is given to those invoking il,
in the provis on that d cares, ono
state shall deny to any person with its
Jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws" II, therefore, we would
preserve the dignity of our state, and
make it sovereign with respect to its
internal government, il must stand
ready and willing to bring punish
ment 10 all those who seek to disturb
society, or embarrass or obstruct its
agencies for the preservation of law
and order. Besides il is q filndamen-
tai principal of law that, while the cit
izcn owes allegiance to the govern
ment, he has the right to demand, at
any cost, protection for life, person
and property, and the full enjoyment
of free speech. free ballot, and safe
home. The obligations are mutual
and where you weaken or ignore this
right, YOU destroy or diminish the du-
ty of all allegiance. 1t is not too much
10 say, then, that where there are eX-
traordinary COM binations to violate
the laws, there should be extraordi-
nary legislati for its suppression;
and the wisdom and craftsmanship of
Texas, / doubt not, will be found
equal to the duty of prescribing rem
cdics for every crime which the in
genuity of evil disposed men ~ con-,
rive or invent. If our pre- laws
are defective in that respect, they
should be promptly amended; If new,
ones are demanded by pubic exigcn-
cies, they should be enacted, and the
officials charged with their execution
clothed with ample power and author
ty to enforce obedience, otherwise
hey will be ilusorv in character and
useless in action. The people expect
their representatives to guard we'll
The doors OF their treasury; and under
existing financial conditions, we are
compelled to scruhnize our eXpendi-
lures with the utmost vigilance, and
endeavor, by all fair and honorable
modes, to reduce the exptpditur' to
the lowest practical amount consistent
with a proper regard to the public in
crest and an effective administration.
of the government. But they do not
demand an unreasonable stringeDcy,
which would incur the peril OF a dis
astrous rccol, superinducing the very
state OF things sought 10 be stunned,
by sacrifice of efficiency to a
false idea of economy. We may
boast in vain of our great natural re-
sources. but we sh Il fail to impress
The world by playing the giant abroad
and the pigmy ut home. Our people
are educated in w.abiding habits,
and their instincts and their interests
are In favor Of peace, order and jus
tice. They present higher evidence
of thrift. economy, labor, wealth and
prosperity--the natural results of
obedience to law aud order than any
other given section of the union. And
while insisting upon the exercise of a
wise and just economy, they expect
their representatives to infuse the
necessary strength and vigor into
every department of governmc 1t; for
they stand pledged to maintain the
laws, foster progress. universal educa-
ton and the elevation of the masses,
protect labor, encourage capital and
build up home industries, to the end
that our people may be induced in a
fuller measure to rely upon their own
resources. aud thus develop the great
est diversilication of commercial and
industrial enterprises to add to the
wealth and production of the State,
and the continued activity of those
great and vital moral and economic
forces which underlie true grandeur,
and which tend to cultivate and en-
large an urdying attachment to our
State pride, as well as a sublime ven
Grafton for the patriotic example of
those who laid, broad and deep, the
foundation of our State government